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Army Outlines Plans For Upcoming Cyber Security Support Contract

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, December 4th, 2015

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Army Outlines Plans For Upcoming Cyber Security Support Contract

The Army plans to consolidate four existing contracts under a new single award program for cyber security services that includes more than a dozen tasks, the service says.The upcoming Army Cybersecurity Enterprise Support (ACES) contract is formally called Cyber Identity Management Support Services and consolidates the Coalition Interoperability Assurance and Validation Technical Services, Identity and Access Management Engineering Support, Cyber and Registration Authority Support Services, and Identity and Access Management Division Policy Support Services contracts, the Army says in a…

Congress

SASC Cites Concern With Army’s sUAS Approach, Seeks Info On Plans To Scale Fielding

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Army

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Senate Authorization Bill Restricts Building Navy Warships Overseas With Limited Exception For Auxiliaries

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